diff --git a/examples/audio_sine.cc b/examples/audio_sine.cc
index 38477bf..4ef7909 100644
--- a/examples/audio_sine.cc
+++ b/examples/audio_sine.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 using namespace SDL2pp;
 
-int Run() {
+int main() try {
 	SDL sdl(SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
 
 	const int samplerate = 48000;
@@ -54,14 +54,7 @@ int Run() {
 	SDL_Delay(1000);
 
 	return 0;
-}
-
-int main() {
-	try {
-		return Run();
-	} catch (std::exception& e) {
-		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return -1;
+} catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/examples/audio_wav.cc b/examples/audio_wav.cc
index 7909667..2507043 100644
--- a/examples/audio_wav.cc
+++ b/examples/audio_wav.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 using namespace SDL2pp;
 
-int Run() {
+int main() try {
 	SDL sdl(SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
 
 	Wav wav(TESTDATA_DIR "/test.wav");
@@ -64,14 +64,7 @@ int Run() {
 	SDL_Delay(5000);
 
 	return 0;
-}
-
-int main() {
-	try {
-		return Run();
-	} catch (std::exception& e) {
-		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return -1;
+} catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/examples/image.cc b/examples/image.cc
index 39fbb24..9186785 100644
--- a/examples/image.cc
+++ b/examples/image.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 using namespace SDL2pp;
 
-int Run() {
+int main() try {
 	SDL sdl(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
 	SDLImage image(IMG_INIT_PNG); // optional
 	Window window("libSDL2pp demo: loading", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 640, 480, SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
@@ -76,14 +76,7 @@ int Run() {
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-}
-
-int main() {
-	try {
-		return Run();
-	} catch (std::exception& e) {
-		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return -1;
+} catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/examples/lines.cc b/examples/lines.cc
index 652cb9e..7d90102 100644
--- a/examples/lines.cc
+++ b/examples/lines.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 using namespace SDL2pp;
 
-int Run() {
+int main() try {
 	SDL sdl(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
 	Window window("libSDL2pp demo: sprites", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 640, 480, SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
 	Renderer render(window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_TARGETTEXTURE);
@@ -88,14 +88,7 @@ int Run() {
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-}
-
-int main() {
-	try {
-		return Run();
-	} catch (std::exception& e) {
-		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return -1;
+} catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/examples/rendertarget.cc b/examples/rendertarget.cc
index 6e53fab..8f7216f 100644
--- a/examples/rendertarget.cc
+++ b/examples/rendertarget.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ enum {
 	MY_RENDERTARGET_SIZE = 512,
 };
 
-int Run() {
+int main() try {
 	SDL sdl(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
 	Window window("libSDL2pp demo: sprites", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, MY_SCREEN_WIDTH, MY_SCREEN_HEIGHT, SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
 	Renderer render(window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_TARGETTEXTURE);
@@ -114,14 +114,7 @@ int Run() {
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-}
-
-int main() {
-	try {
-		return Run();
-	} catch (std::exception& e) {
-		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return -1;
+} catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/examples/sprites.cc b/examples/sprites.cc
index e11f7c6..97fad08 100644
--- a/examples/sprites.cc
+++ b/examples/sprites.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ unsigned char pixels[4 * 4 * 4] = {
 	RGBA(0x80, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff), RGBA(0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff), RGBA(0x00, 0x80, 0xff, 0xff), RGBA(0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff),
 };
 
-int Run() {
+int main() try {
 	SDL sdl(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
 	Window window("libSDL2pp demo: sprites", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 640, 480, SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
 	Renderer render(window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED);
@@ -87,14 +87,7 @@ int Run() {
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-}
-
-int main() {
-	try {
-		return Run();
-	} catch (std::exception& e) {
-		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return -1;
+} catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/examples/ttf.cc b/examples/ttf.cc
index d5aec66..22ba759 100644
--- a/examples/ttf.cc
+++ b/examples/ttf.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 using namespace SDL2pp;
 
-int Run() {
+int main() try {
 	SDL sdl(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
 	SDLTTF ttf;
 	Window window("libSDL2pp demo: font", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 640, 480, SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
@@ -81,14 +81,7 @@ int Run() {
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-}
-
-int main() {
-	try {
-		return Run();
-	} catch (std::exception& e) {
-		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return -1;
+} catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+	return 1;
 }